It was “truly a unique honor to able to share with our Denver audiences a Curious production of before it received its well-deserved Tony nomination,” said the company’s artistic director Chip Walton.

“It’s not often that we’re able to be on the front end of such an esteemed recognition, but I do think that it is a nice acknowledgement of our continued commitment to bring the best new plays in American theatre to Denver! And also to our long-standing track record of always striving to be the first local theatre to produce Tony- and Pulitzer award-winning plays each and every year. It’s a recognition well-deserved for a brilliant and important play, by one of our most interesting American playwrights.”

Here, as promised, is more on each play, including detailed descriptions, photos from past productions, founder Chip Walton’s comments, and either our reviews of previous stagings around the country, or links to others’ reviews.

Chip Walton receives Curious Theatre's 2010 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing on Oct. 25 in New York. (Photo by Andy Snyder, O&M Co.)

Denver’s Curious Theatre was among 10 theater companies to receive the American Theatre Wing’s inaugural 2010 National Theatre Company Grants Oct. 25 in New York. Now, compliments of Andy Snyder, we have pictures.Read more…

Artistic director Chip Walton has issued the following statement in response. Denver Post theater critic John Moore will weigh in with his thoughts on Sunday, May 30.

I’ve not been surprised about the intensity of reaction to our smoking-ban legal challenge, but I have been rather shocked at the lack of recognition in terms of the depth of complexity around this issue. While there are many points that in my opinion the general public — and the judicial system — clearly fail to recognize about the relationship of smoking onstage to the profession of theater and the freedom of expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment, there is one thing that stands out above all others, and that perhaps has been neglected within the broader conversation about this divisive issue.Read more…